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More than 50 years after the last above-ground atomic bomb was detonated at the Nevada Test Site, lawmakers are trying to ensure that more Nevadans exposed to nuclear radiation receive compensation.
Rep. Paul Gosar, R-Ariz., and Rep. Greg Stanton, D-Ariz., introduced a bill Friday, the Downwinders Parity Act, that would expand the "affected area" as defined by the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA). Signed into law in 2000, RECA is the existing means by which those who developed illnesses from nuclear radiation exposure can apply for government compensation.
MESA, AZ - The Asian District in Mesa held a special night market Saturday in hopes to draw customers back to Asian businesses after fears of coronavirus hurt business.
More than one hundred businesses participated in the Asian Market Night Market in the parking lot of the Arizona International Marketplace at Dobson and Broadway Roads in Mesa.
The manager of Mekong Marketplace said the plaza has seen a 30% drop in sales in the past month. Maricopa County confirmed its first and only case of the Novel Coronavirus in January.
Rep. Greg Stanton said Maricopa County health officials have received defective new coronavirus test kits from federal authorities and blasted the White House on Friday for a "flat-footed" response to the widening scare.
PHOENIX - U.S. Rep. Greg Stanton said in a letter to Vice President Mike Pence on Friday that coronavirus test kits sent to Arizona health officials earlier this month were "defective."
Stanton said the state's top public health officials told him the rapid diagnostics test sent to the state lab on Feb. 11 were faulty, forcing patient samples to be sent to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta and slowing the process of confirming cases.
PHOENIX - An Arizona lawmaker is demanding answers from the White House after he says faulty coronavirus test kits were sent to public health officials in our state.
In a letter sent to Vice President Mike Pence on Friday, Rep. Greg Stanton says he was informed by top Maricopa County health officials that rapid diagnostic kits they received on Feb. 11 from the Centers for Disease Control were defective.
This week marks one year since the House passed H.R. 8, a bipartisan bill that would require background checks for all gun buyers.
It's a shame that more than 365 days later this bill still hasn't been considered by the Senate.
Ninety-seven percent of Americans support background checks, and that's because it's a common-sense first step to prevent criminals and domestic abusers from obtaining firearms.
WASHINGTON, D.C.-Rep. Greg Stanton and Rep. Paul Gosar today introduced H.R. 5992, the Downwinders Parity Act, to bring justice to victims of radiation exposure in Mohave County in northwestern Arizona and Clark County in southern Nevada.
Once considered a dusty, remote military castoff, Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport is moving toward a major breakthrough that enables it to host major commercial airlines – thanks to a $10 million federal grant for a new, long-awaited air traffic control tower.
The new tower promises to unlock the airport's full potential when it is completed at the end of 2022 – which will cost nearly $30 million, with the Federal Aviation Administration pledging $25 million and the rest coming from state and airport funds.
This week, I paid a visit to the Second Chance Animal Hospital in Sunnyslope. I learned that the hospital, supported by the Arizona Humane Society, is the largest shelter-based trauma center for homeless animals in the Southwest.
I had a chance tour the facility, including the "Mutternity Suites," and to meet with the life-saving veterinarians, veterinary technicians and assistants and animal care specialists who work there. These animal care professionals have devoted their careers to shelter medicine-treating some of the most in-need animals in our community.
PHOENIX-Rep. Greg Stanton today delivered handmade valentine cards to local veterans created by elementary school students in Arizona's 9th District. Through Stanton's "Valentine's for Vets" initiative, students from more than a dozen schools created more than 1,000 cards to say thank you to our men and women who served.